Career Launcher — Clean Tech Internships
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Eligibility & Details
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Program Description
Wage subsidy for employers hiring a clean tech intern: up to $30,000 covering 80% of the intern's salary, training and wrap-around service costs, with the employer required to cover the remaining 20%. Delivered by CICan's Career Launcher on behalf of Environment and Climate Change Canada's Science Horizons Youth Internship Program.
Eligibility Requirements
- Employer must be a Canadian company or subsidiary and one of: SME (<500 employees), large corporation (500+), NGO, not-for-profit, Indigenous organization, post-secondary institution, municipal/local government, or provincial/territorial government, institution, agency or Crown corporation
- Employer must have an established payroll system and be set up to receive payments by direct deposit
- Employer must have a process for supervising and mentoring interns
- Employer must cover 20% of the total internship cost
- Intern must be a post-secondary graduate aged 15-30 (inclusive) at the start of the internship
- Intern must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person granted refugee status in Canada
- Internship must be a STEM-field clean tech or environment-related position, minimum 30 hrs/week, 4-11 months
- Position must be net-new: cannot be a currently filled position, replace an employee on leave, or move a current employee into a new position
- Cannot be combined with a Science Horizons Youth Internship grant from another delivery partner
- Intern cannot be a previous Science Horizons participant
Quick Assessment
Funding Details
- Amount
- Up to $30,000 covering 80% of salary plus training and wrap-around services ($20,000 job-ready youth; $25,000 youth facing barriers; plus up to $5,000 training/wrap-around)
- Type
- Grant
- Level
- Federal
- Co-Funding
- Up to 80% of eligible costs
- Deadline
- Internships must be 4-11 months (16-48 weeks) and end by February 28, 2026 (per source — this date has passed; confirm the current cycle)
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Insider TipThe employer share is a hard 20% of total internship cost — budget it before applying. Hiring youth facing barriers to employment (women, racialized, disabled, Indigenous, rural/remote/Northern, 2SLGBTQI+) raises the salary subsidy from $20,000 to $25,000, and the separate $5,000 training/wrap-around pot has per-service caps and must be pre-approved by CICan.
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Deadline Notes
Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis with notification approximately 2-3 weeks after submission. ⚠ CICan's guidelines state internships must end Feb 28, 2026, while its employer page still markets the funding — confirm with CICan before planning.
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